According to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics & Materiel Readiness, “because of their critical importance, DoD logistics operations must be accomplished as effectively as possible, providing America’s warfighters the right materiel, at the right place, at the right time. Because of their substantial cost, DoD logistics operations also must be accomplished as efficiently as practicable, providing required materiel at the right price. To continue improving logistics support to the warfighter, it is essential that all elements of DoD’s logistics community take steps to better integrate logistics with strategic planning and decision processes and to manage logistics performance. The Department of Defense Logistics Strategic Plan identifies goals, performance measures, and key initiatives to drive the DoD logistics enterprise toward that end. The Plan also establishes an approach for measuring, tracking, and reporting progress toward achieving the goals. This DoD Logistics Strategic Plan supports both the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review’s objectives and the DoD Strategic Management Plan’s business priorities, outcomes, and goals. This effort also supports recurring assessment of the relevance, effectiveness, and performance of ongoing and planned key initiatives.”
